1970s English-language films

Johnny Got His Gun

Film Age rating: 14 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 7.8

A young American soldier, rendered in pseudocoma from an artillery shell from WWI, recalls his life leading up to that point.

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Maurie

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 7.8

When an African-American basketball star suffers sudden paralysis, his white friend and teammate assists in his rehabilitation.

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Gimme Shelter

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1970 IMDB Rating: 7.8

A detailed chronicle of the famous 1969 tour of the United States by the British rock band The Rolling Stones, which culminated with the disastrous and tragic concert held on December 6 at the Altamon...

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The Day of the Jackal

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 7.8

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

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A Woman Called Moses

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1978 IMDB Rating: 7.8

A television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavemen...

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Manhattan

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1979 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress.

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Sacco & Vanzetti

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1971 IMDB Rating: 7.8

Boston, 1920. Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are charged and unfairly tried for murder on the basis of their anarchic political convictions.

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Jimi Hendrix

Film Age rating: 11 Year: 1973 IMDB Rating: 7.7

Made shortly after his death, this documentary explores the brief life and remarkable legacy of guitarist Jimi Hendrix. After finding fame in the U.K., Hendrix brought his act back to the U.S., where...

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